Hacking Pasta CFW or Gateway 3ds

[WhoAmI?]

@WhoAmI? Is there any benefit to installing rxTools on a higher firmware than 4.5? Or am I fine doing it on 4.5?

Yes. 7.x save crypto and themes to make your sysNAND pretty

4.x is sorta dead IMO. 9.x even has MSET entry point so I don't see why you would want to use anything lower than that. If you've already played retail cards on 4.x sysNAND and a 6.x+ emuNAND, you'll be better off on 4.x as your saves will no longer work.

I personally recommend 9.x

 

[Specter23]

Yes. 7.x save crypto and themes to make your sysNAND pretty

4.x is sorta dead IMO. 9.x even has MSET entry point so I don't see why you would want to use anything lower than that. If you've already played retail cards on 4.x sysNAND and a 6.x+ emuNAND, you'll be better off on 4.x as your saves will no longer work.

I personally recommend 9.x

@WhoAmI? My 3ds is completely untouched basically. It is currently on firmware 2.2, but I was planning on updating it to 4.5, however, I could update it to 9.x if that would be better.

I have never used any sort of flashcart or done any cfw on the 3ds so it is untouched. Will I still be able to install rxTools on a 9.x system without any problems, and without having to use any 3rd party device? I have heard that it is safer to install it on a 4.x system first? I was told that I may not be able to run the browser exploit if I upgrade past 4.5 before installing rxTools. Thoughts?

 

[WhoAmI?]

@WhoAmI? My 3ds is completely untouched basically. It is currently on firmware 2.2, but I was planning on updating it to 4.5, however, I could update it to 9.x if that would be better.

I have never used any sort of flashcart or done any cfw on the 3ds so it is untouched. Will I still be able to install rxTools on a 9.x system without any problems, and without having to use any 3rd party device? I have heard that it is safer to install it on a 4.x system first? I was told that I may not be able to run the browser exploit if I upgrade past 4.5 before installing rxTools. Thoughts?

The browser exploit WILL be launchable on firmwares between 4.x and 9.2. rxTools is bootable via 3 entry points:

1.) Cubic Ninja
2.) MSET (The settings application)
3.) Spiderhax (The web browser)

A flashcard is NOT needed to launch rxTools. Since you're on 2.x, I recommend that you update to 4.x first, this is because of mset.

If you DON'T have the web browser installed, then I highly recommend that you upgrade to 4.x. Once on 4.x, install the rxTools MSET ROP chain via a DS mode flashcard.

BEFORE DOING ANYTHING, I would HIGHLY recommend that you do a NAND backup with Gateways menu (install the Gateway MSET ROP, if no browser is installed). Never lose this file, too many people have come here complaining about bricking their system and not being able to recover it due to not doing this step.

Advantages of an early NAND backup:

1.) A clean, untouched stock system image
2.) A valid ticket.db, that doesn't have crap in it (installing CIA's leaves a signature in this file. Not good if you're installing pirated content into sysNAND, for example)

As for the steps for updating to 9.2, there's tutorials over the forums, for that If you get stuck, ask someone.

 

[tvo770]

Buy a sky3ds end of story...

....WHAT The only time you should buy a sky is if you are past 9.2 otherwise every other hack is better.

 

[skpuppy]

Hello everyone, seeing as this is really hot topic with useful info and knowledgeable people I'd like to ask couple of noob questions:

If I buy N3DS XL:

1) Can rxtools or some other CFW work on it? Will it have emunand support if they do?

2) As I understand, gateway only works up to 9.2 firmware - so if my N3DS is not over 9.2 I'd need all of this right?

-gateway card
-original gamecard (either zelda or cubic ninja)
-save dongle (for zelda)

3) If my N3DS is over 9.2, that leaves me only with sky3ds. Is there a way to have emunand on sky3ds? Or can sky3ds be combined with some CFW for emunand? Mainly, I'd like to never update system firmware on it, is it even possible?

If I buy old 3DS XL that is not over 9.2:

1) Do I need flashcart (gateway or sky3ds)
2) If i don't, which CFW is the way to go?
3) Can all games be played (mainly interested in Pokemon and Monster Hunter 3/4)